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About Lily Loring

I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, my office is in midtown Manhattan, and and am blessed with a great life. We are "old time" WestSiders, with extended family and lots of community right here in our 'hood. My background is in Fine Art, History and business. Lily Loring is my nom de plume.

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GothamGirl’s Knickerbockers

In 1807, long before Batman or Goths were running around town, Washington Irving wrote about New York City as “Gotham” in his satire Salmagundi, and in his novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809). He satirized New York City and some of the city’s self-important New Yorkers, and created a ficticious forefather, Father Knickerbocker.

The result?

Many striving New Yorkers of the time and since, claimed to be directly descended from ficticious Father Knickerbocker or from the ficticious author , Dietrich Knickerbocker, as a mark of good breeding and honor.

Also, we have Irving Place, Washington Irving High School, the town of Irvington, many businesses with Gotham or Knickerbocker in their names and the NY Knicks…and the beloved nickname for New York City ….Gotham.

Very soon, GothamGirl will publish actual, contemporary photos of GothamGirl’s Knickerbockers making their way around town.

The Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery is a salon-style gallery located in a brownstone at 46 West 90th Street, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.

We dropped by with friends for the opening of the new show called Passages in Black and White, featuring photos by Jessica M. Kaufman and Heather Boose Weiss. We enjoyed the photos of both photographers, the very positive crowd and the warm atmosphere. You must call in advance to see the show.

Afterwards, 6 of us went to a nearby local favorite:Bella Luna Restaurant( Columbus Avenue between 89 and 90th Streets) for dinner and we really lucked out. It was Jazz night! This welcoming, delicious, northern-Italian style restaurant has live Jazz guitarists on Tuesday nights. They are excellent.

The hostess welcomed our group and sat us, even without reservations, the food was quite good as always, the service is always positive, and the same gang seems to be at the bar anytime you drop in adding to the welcoming ambiance. The price is very reasonable too.